If left unaddressed, issues
of corporate communication can come back to haunt a company; when addressed, they can
extend its success. Our hope is that you will use The Power of Corporate Communication
as a field guide in building your company's reputation.
From Chapter One
Pick up a copy of today's Wall
Street Journal, and odds are that you'll find a front-page story of a troubled company
grappling with a highly public crisis. Now ask yourself: Could that situation have been
alleviated - or even avoided completely - 'if executives in the corporation had practiced
more effective communication?
In nine cases out of ten,
the answer will be yes.
The Power of Corporate
Communication outlines a program for creating a powerful, consistent corporate
identity that will provide measurable long-term benefits and value to your organization.
Written by two of the most influential pioneers in the study of corporate communication,
this timely book reveals:
Techniques for being
responsive - and effective - in communicating with all forms of media
The importance of strong
employee communication programs in carrying out corporate strategy and mission
Methods for partnering with
governments and communities
Strategies for communicating
with analysts, investors, constituents, and other stakeholders
Steps for building corporate
reputation
In today's media-saturated
"Age of Transparency," network news programs, cable channels, advocacy groups,
and chat rooms are constantly on the lookout for corporate slips and blunders. Scores of
high-profile incidents reveal the harsh consequences to companies that fail to recognize
the importance of effective corporate communication.
The Power of Corporate
Communication shows you how to give your company's communication programs the weight
they deserve. It will help you regain control of your public image, and craft a consistent
corporate voice - one that will pay bottom-line dividends when the next corporate
crisis hits.
Paul A. Argenti is
Professor of Management and Corporate Communication at the Tuck School of Business at
Dartmouth College. Both The Wall Street Journal and L7S News & World Report
have rated Professor Argenti's department number one in the nation. The author of numerous
journal articles and books, including the groundbreaking text Corporate Communication, Professor
Argenti has provided management and corporate communication consulting and training to
organizations for more than 20 years.
Janis Forman, Ph.D., is
founder and director of the Management Communication Program for UCLA's Anderson Graduate
School of Management. Professor Forman is a distinguished senior consultant, educator, and
speaker. Author of several books and many articles, she received the Association for
Business Communication's researcher award for her extensive publication record and its
impact on the profession.
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